Brazil · BRT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
São Luís, Brazil runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between São Luís and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in São Luís lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between São Luís and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in São Luís lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between São Luís and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from São Luís.
Practical Info
São Luís (Brazil) is home to roughly 1.1M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BRT · America/Fortaleza
Coordinates
2.53°S, 44.30°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
São Luís is the only Brazilian state capital founded by the French, in 1612, before being taken by the Dutch and then the Portuguese. Its old town has around 3,500 buildings faced in Portuguese azulejo tiles and is a UNESCO site.
The clock: São Luís keeps UTC−3. The Lençóis Maranhenses nearby is a field of white dunes that fills with rainwater lagoons each wet season.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap